This picture shows a Patek Philippe stainless steel perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phase. The watch sold for a record US$11 million in Geneva, an auction house said Monday, Nov. 14.

Indians stand in line at a bank to exchange or deposit discontinued currency notes in New Delhi, Tuesday, Nov. 15. Chaotic scenes played out across India with long lines growing even longer and scuffles breaking out, as millions of anxious people tried to change old currency notes that became worthless days earlier when the government demonetized high-value bills.

Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC, 金管會) Chairman Lee Ruey-tsang (李瑞倉), center, and other heads of exchanges and insurance agencies attend the launch of a mobile identification service in Taipei on Tuesday, Nov. 15. The new platform TWID, short for Taiwan Identification, would provide third-party financial identification services -- including for opening accounts and making transactions of securities, futures, banking and insurance. The platform aims to make personal identification more convenient, easy and safe, Lee said.

China's retail sales growth slowed to 10.0 percent year on year in October, government data showed Monday, missing expectations in a worrying sign for domestic demand in the world's second-largest economy.

Stronger exports and housing investment helped Japan's economy grow at a 2.2 percent annualized pace in the July-September quarter, better than many analysts had anticipated and fast enough to stave off further central bank stimulus for now.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged Indians to give him more time to resolve a cash crisis that followed the withdrawal of high-value notes, insisting the shock move would benefit the poor in the long run.

Nanya Technology Corp. (南亞科), one of Taiwan's leading DRAM makers, has decided to take a roughly 5 percent stake in a U.S. counterpart, Micron Technology Inc., in a bid to reinforce a bilateral strategic partnership.